Safeguarding Children Education Guidance Wales

Revised Guidance Safeguarding Children in Education (Wales) 2015

In January 2015 a new guidance document was published which said the following about home education:"Operational responsibilities 2.19
At this level the local authority should seek to build effective relationships with home educators that function to
safeguard the educational interests and welfare of children and young
people. Doing so will provide parents with access to any support that is
available and allow authorities to understand the parents’ educational
provision. For further information refer to chapter 6 of Welsh
Government Circular 47/2006: Inclusion and Pupil Support. New
guidance for local authorities on home education will be developed for
public consultation by May 2015. It is anticipated that this guidance will
be finalised by September 2015." [page 21]

This is a considerable improvement on the proposals contained in the original consultation although the definition of "significant harm" in the Glossary is still incorrect and misleading (see my consultation response for further details.)